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True Blood is the sexy, scary, wildly entertaining drama series from Oscar®- and Emmy®-winning Alan Ball (HBO’s Six Feet Under), and based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, True Blood tells the continuing tale of Sookie (Anna Paquin, Golden Globe-winner for this role), a human waitress with telepathic gifts--and a so-far irresistible attraction to 174-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). Surrounded by familiar faces--including her brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten), shape-shifting boss Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), soul-searching pal Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley), Tara’s cousin Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis); police chief Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer), vampire suitor Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) and teen vamp Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll)--Sookie faces some new otherworldly threats in this season--as if vampires, werewolves, werepanthers and shapeshifters weren’t enough.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I like most True Blood fans couldn't wait to get hold of season 4. The series is very good, however there is some very weak story line writing and this is reflected in some of the bad acting which can be seen (mainly the possessed baby story) which puts me off watching although the rest makes up for this
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I ummed and erred about whether to give this 3 or 4 stars, and plumped for 4 given how much I enjoyed the finale.
This season definitely has its ups and downs. As previous reviewers noted, the fairy / faerie / whatever stuff is pretty cringeworthy, although luckily there's not that much of it. More off-putting for me was the whole werepanther bit. Seriously over Hotshot, but at least that doesn't last all season either. Since the second season (and especially in the third season) True Blood has struggled to find compelling storylines for all its many characters simultaneously, and this becomes most apparent in S4. Much as I liked Arlene and Terry, and their demon baby story is kinda fun in a campy sort of way, there's a bit too much of them by the end, and the amount of time dedicated to less interesting characters (Andy Bellfleur, anyone?) just serves to detract from the overall pace of the show. And once again Tara spends the second half of the season aimlessly wandering about in other people's plotlines, which is a damn shame.
ANYWAY, on to the positives. There are some good storylines this year, principally Eric's amnesia and relationship with Sookie. Plus Bill has a new position of authority, and an accompanying personality change and businessman-like hairdo. Jess and Hoyt's relationship also gets plenty of screentime, and Pam gets some fabulous lines. Jesus and Lafayette also feature heavily, which is always a good thing. Fiona Shaw is a delight, although her Marnie isn't half the baddie Russell Edgington was, and I will admit I was hoping he might make an appearance this season (though sadly not).
The first half of the season is a bit hit and miss, and I'd probably only give it 3 stars. I actually stopped watching about half-way through and only resumed several months later. The last half of the season, however, is 4 approaching 5 stars, with the finale in particular setting up a LOT of exciting potential plot threads for the next season. Plus Christopher Meloni is set to star next season, which can only be a good thing. Bring on S5!!
This season definitely has its ups and downs. As previous reviewers noted, the fairy / faerie / whatever stuff is pretty cringeworthy, although luckily there's not that much of it. More off-putting for me was the whole werepanther bit. Seriously over Hotshot, but at least that doesn't last all season either. Since the second season (and especially in the third season) True Blood has struggled to find compelling storylines for all its many characters simultaneously, and this becomes most apparent in S4. Much as I liked Arlene and Terry, and their demon baby story is kinda fun in a campy sort of way, there's a bit too much of them by the end, and the amount of time dedicated to less interesting characters (Andy Bellfleur, anyone?) just serves to detract from the overall pace of the show. And once again Tara spends the second half of the season aimlessly wandering about in other people's plotlines, which is a damn shame.
ANYWAY, on to the positives. There are some good storylines this year, principally Eric's amnesia and relationship with Sookie. Plus Bill has a new position of authority, and an accompanying personality change and businessman-like hairdo. Jess and Hoyt's relationship also gets plenty of screentime, and Pam gets some fabulous lines. Jesus and Lafayette also feature heavily, which is always a good thing. Fiona Shaw is a delight, although her Marnie isn't half the baddie Russell Edgington was, and I will admit I was hoping he might make an appearance this season (though sadly not).
The first half of the season is a bit hit and miss, and I'd probably only give it 3 stars. I actually stopped watching about half-way through and only resumed several months later. The last half of the season, however, is 4 approaching 5 stars, with the finale in particular setting up a LOT of exciting potential plot threads for the next season. Plus Christopher Meloni is set to star next season, which can only be a good thing. Bring on S5!!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The first 10 minutes are beyond bad... So awful. I feared the worst when I watched it. Season 3 ended badly IMO so I was thinking season 4 was going the same way. Oh how wrong I was. Season 4 is amazing. Lafayette and Jesus are the best by far. Amnesiac Eric is positively dreamy. The season finale left me a state of shock... I was virtually catatonic for the whole day!! So much happened, so many things to look forward too. Cant wait for season 5.... Waiting SUCKS.....V''''V
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Trueblood fans won't be disappointed!
Probably my favourite series so far. Series 1 was a great introduction to the programme and then I found series 2 to be a let down. Read more
Published 5 days ago by S. Shaw
Spoiler alert. Roll on next year..
A weak start to Season 4 did make my heart sink a bit and to begin with it seemed that the stories didn't join up with the end of Season 3. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Constant Reader
More Eric Northman is always a Plus!
Having owned all of the previous seasons of TrueBlood, i have to say that this was my favourite! Sookie and Eric's blossoming relationship being the best part, although king Bill... Read more
Published 8 days ago by SilentFairy
Twilight for grown ups
While season 4 of the show gets off to a slightly dodgy start with Sookie finding out the truth of who she is and where she comes from, the season does fortunately improve as it... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. R. W. Graham
totally unmissable
Cannot wait till season 5, Suki is a very lucky girl.! Totally gripping, and sexy. Best series on tv. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. J. Taylor
Love it
The first episode was probably the worst I've seen in all the True Blood series, but warms up in the second episode and thereafter. Can't wait for season 5!!
Published 1 month ago by Ms. C. V. Edwards
Great Show but No. 4 is not the best series
True blood is the best Vampire show ever period. That said this is probably the weakest series. Too much cool stuff was squeezed into the series to give any one aspect enough air... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Benjamin De Jersey-moore
The best vampire series.
I have watched all the others Twilight, Vampire Diaries and others but True Blood beats them all, Anna Parquin is the perfect heroine as Sookie Stackhouse she and ths rest of the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by H. Williams
Soap opera
The one out of five only illustrates my intense disappointment over the story development; badly written manuscript lacking completely in inmagination and dramatic build up with... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Stine Rosenkrans Birkedal
Who needs Twilight, when yourve got this :D.
Every season Tru Blood just gets better and better, Over here were half way through the series on Tele, and im amazed at it... Its overcome it self :D.
Published 3 months ago by Zach D. Boardman
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